CAT 2018: CAT 2018 Admit Card has been released on 24th October 2018. Common Admission Test is a top level management entrance examination organized by the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) on a rotational basis every year. For admission in MBA, PGDM, and other management courses which is offered IIMs and other top business schools in India such as SPJIMR, FMS, MDI, NITIE etc scorecard are required. Here candidates can get the details about application form, including how to apply, exam dates, eligibility, pattern etc. get all the information about CAT 2018 at Learndunia.Com

What is CAT?

CAT is known as Common admission test which is organised for students through this entrance exam candidates will get admission in post graduate courses which is offered by the top IIMs and Top B Schools. The admission process will be done through the IIMs. CAT is organised every year one of the IIMs on the rotational basis. As there is no decided attempt for appearing in CAT Exam.

Those who want to admission in IIMs need to appear in CAT Exam and must have minimum 50% marks in the graduation as the eligibility criteria and following are the details need to carry at the time of application form submission:

Step 1: Registration

Enter all the Required details such as Candidate Name, Date of Birth (DOB), E-Mail ID and Mobile Number

Step 2: Fill Application Form

The Application Form will be display on the Screen.

Fill all the required details such as Personal Details, Educational Details, Work Experience etc.

Upload your Passport Size Photograph and Signature.

The format of the picture is in .JPG or .JPEG format only.

Step 3: Application Fee

The Application Fee for General and OBC category Candidates is Rs. 1900/-

The Application Fee for SC/ST/PWD candidates is Rs. 950/-.

Step 4: Application Form Confirmation

After filling all the information and making the Application form, the authority will send the Confirmation Mail to the Candidates registered E-Mail ID.

Application Fee:

CAT Application fee will be pay on only Online Mode.

Candidates can pay the Application Fee through Credit/Debit Card or by Internet Banking.

Category

Application Fee

General/ OBC Category

Rs. 1800/-

SC/ST/PWD

Rs. 900/-

CAT ApplicationForm Correction

CAT Application Form Correction is done through online mode, candidates can make a application correction through the official website of CAT. CAT Application Form Correction will be allowed only for limited entries. the Application Correction is done only in online mode, there is no other mode to make a online CAT Application Form Correction. Candidates can edit Application Form any time before submission the Application Fee. After Making the Application Fee candidates will received a confirmation mail from CAT Official.

Marking Scheme: For Each and every correct answer three marks will be given.

Negative Marking: For multiple choice questions(MCQs), one mark will be deducted for a wrong answer and for questions other than MCQs no marks will be deducted. There will be not penalty of negative marking on wrong answers to Non MCQs in CAT 2018 Exam.

Total Number of CAT Registration Past Years:

Years

Registration Candidates (In Lacs)

2018

2.32 (Approx)

2017

2.31 (231, 067)

2016

2.32 (232,434)

2015

2.19 (218,664)

2014

1.97

2013

1.95

2012

2.14

2011

2.05

2010

2.04

CAT 2018 – Syllabus

The most desired management entrance exam in India have not any prescribed syllabus, but with the basis of previous year question papers and other trends below are the important topics which we need to prepared for CAT Exam. CAT Syllabus is comprises in four section:

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CAT Conducting Organizations (IIM)

Years

Conducting IIMs

2018

Yet to be announced

2018

IIM Calcutta

2017

IIM Lucknow

2016

IIM Bangalore

2015

IIM Ahmedabad

2014

IIM Indore

2013

IIM Indore

CAT 2018 –Admit Card

CAT 2018 Admit Card will be available form 24th October 2018, candidates can download their admit card from the official website of the CAT. Candidates can download their admit card by entering Registration No, and Password. The Admit Card contain the detail like Candidates Name, Exam Dates, Candidates Photograph, Signature, Exam Center etc.

How to Download CAT Admit Card?

Log in to the official website of CAT Exam.

Click on the Download CAT Admit Card Section.

Enter your application number or date of birth.

Click on download Admit Card.

You will be redirected to the Admit card window.

After generating your admit card you need to verify your admit card; if you finds all details is correct then please download it and if you find any discrepancies then immediately contact with the conducting authority.

Take a copy of admit card for future purpose.

In Case of any discrepancy in CAT 2018 Admit Card , candidates can contact the examination authority.

Toll-Free Number: 1800-266-3549

Helpdesk email address: cathelpdesk@iimcat.ac.in

Document required with CAT 2018 Admit Card during the Examination

Aadhaar Card

Voter ID

Passport

PAN Card

Driving License

Photo ID issued by current education institute or employer among others.

CAT 2018 – Answer Key

Once the exam will be conducted successfully by the IIM Calcutta then Answer Key will released after one week of exam via online in the official website. From the answer keys candidates can evaluate their performance in the Examination. The authority gives a facility i.e. objection against the incorrect answer. If any answer they found wrong in the answer keys then they can objection for this.

How to download Answer Key:

Login in the official website @iimcat.ac.in

Fill you details like application or roll number & date of birth or password.

Select the shift where you have given your examination.

Click on the view answer key.

PDF will be appeared in front of your computer screen.

Download it; check your answer how many question answer’s you have given correctly.

CAT 2018 – Reservation

In CAT 2018, some seats are reserved for SC/ST/OBC and for PWD candidates, check complete CAT Reservation table below;

Category

Reservation (%)

Scheduled Caste (SC)

15

Scheduled Tribe (ST)

7.5

Non-Creamy – Other Backward Classes (NC-OBC)

27

People with Disability (PWD)

3

Total Percentage of Reserved Seats

52.5

CAT 2018 – Result

IIM Calcutta will released CAT 2018 Result on 2nd to 3rd week of January 2019. Those who appeared for CAT exam can download CAT result from the official website by entering their application number and password in the application form. In CAT result candidates scores are also mentioned which are useful for admission in the IIMs. The CAT result will be available via online mode.

Candidates can follow the below given steps to down the scorecard.

Visit the official website.

Click on download scorecard button.

fill the required details in the result form.

then click on download button.

Take a printout of this admit card.

Past Year Paper Analysis

It is one of the toughest exam in Management Entrance Test. In cat 2017 from VARC section had 32 questions while DILR section had 32 questions and Quantitative Aptitude had 34 questions respectively asked. The most typical section is Data Interpretation and logical reasoning. As comparing with the 2016 question paper quant section in easier.

CAT Exam Year

2017

2016

2015

Exam Date

November 26

December 4

November 29

Conducting Authority

IIM Lucknow

IIM Bangalore

IIM Ahmedabad

Total No. of Questions

100

100

100

Maximum Marks Allotted

300

300

300

Marking Scheme

+3 for each correct answer

+1 for each correct answer

+3 for each correct answer

Negative Marking

– 1 Mark for each wrong answer

– 0.33 Mark for each wrong answer

– 1 Mark for each wrong answer

Type of Questions

MCQs & Non-MCQs

MCQs & Non MCQs

MCQs & Non-MCQs

Questions with Negative Marking

MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions)

MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions)

MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions)

Number of MCQs

74

75

72

Number of Non-MCQs

26

25

28

Level of Difficulty

Few questions Easy, few Moderate and some Difficult

Moderate to Difficult

Moderate to Difficult

Sections with number of questions

VARC-34 DILR-32 QA- 34

VARC-34 DILR-32 QA- 34

VARC-34 DILR-32 QA- 34

CAT 2018 – Cut off

Cut off are minimum marks are required to crack the exam. Cut Off is calculated on the basis of candidates appeared for the examination, difficulty level of the exam, and seats availability in the different IIMs. As Every IIMs have their own cut off but here we are listed a common cut off score for each category with section wise.

CAT Counseling

Those who successfully clear the examination and shortlisted for one of the IIMs and for other participated institutes can go for a Counseling Process. Some IIMs also consider past academic marks and work experience while counseling. Those who shortlisted in Written examination will go for the some other test.

Written Ability test

Group Discussion

Group Activity

Extempore Activities

Personal Interview round

Final selection is the base final performance over all the phases.

Some new IIMs conduct their own common admission process(CAP). For this they made their own Written Ability Test and Personal Interview rounds.

IIMs will be responsible to release the final shortlisted candidates list for the various IIMs.

CAT Exam Centers – 2018

CAT Exam is Conducted across all major cities in the country, CAT Exam Centers is located in approx major 150 cities in India, CAT 2018 exam is conducted by IIM Calcutta, The expected Exam Center List is listed below: